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Human Rights may be regarded as those fundamental and inalienable rights which are essential for life as human being. Human rights are thus those rights which are inherent in our nature and without which we cannot live as human beings. Jack Donnely pointed out that human rights are the new standard of civilization. India as a democratic country has a main objective of protection of the basic rights of the people. The Constitution of India recognize these rights of the people, the Constitution of India which assures dignity of the individual as a core value in its Preamble. When an institution or individual wants interpretation to a human rights provision in the constitution or other instruments the court is there to lend a helping hand. Preamble attaches a great importance to the concept of democracy. The Supreme Court has rightly declared that democracy is an essential feature of our Constitution and is part of its basic structure . The laws are meant to reaffirm and recognize human rights and to provide the mechanism for their enforcement.